Over the past month or so, the world of baseball has been rumbling over the scandal around Shohei Ohtani and his fired former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. A lack of clarity has only increased the interest — and speculation.
The weeks of sometimes conflicting reports and unanswered questions created a hazy picture that was thrown into as sharp definition as possible Thursday, when the U.S. government released its criminal complaint against Mizuhara. Mizuhara is accused of stealing more than $16 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers star and faces up to 30 years in prison.